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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Bayley Woolhouse's avatar

Bayley Woolhouse

Remsbug’s La Crosse Eagles

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 129 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    40
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    22
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.0
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Bayley's actions

Waste

Recycle Everything I Can

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 20 minutes researching and recycling all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • Bayley Woolhouse's avatar
    Bayley Woolhouse 10/17/2018 8:42 AM
    For this challenge I chose to reduce my waste production by "reducing single use disposables" and "choosing two-sided printing". I use a lot of k-cups in my keurig even though I have reusable ones so it has been a bit of a challenge to spend more time filling and cleaning those instead of using the pre-made k-cups. I have also been more conscious while grocery shopping and have tried to avoid buying products in plastic packages. As for the printing, I have been cutting back on printing and reading documents on my laptop instead which has been a bit of an adjustment. When it is necessary to print though I have been printing double sided. I knew that this would be challenging for me but I did not anticipate the extra time it would take each day especially with the reusable k-cups. 
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